1. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?
(a) Beginnings.
(b) Mornings.
(c) Reckoning.
(d) Routines.

2. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Stiff muscles.
(c) Congestion.
(d) A headache.

3. In what decade of her life did Harjo revisit her desire to create music?
(a) Her forties.
(b) Her thirties.
(c) Her fifties.
(d) Her twenties.

4. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?
(a) Jesuit.
(b) Diocesan.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Franciscan.

5. About how many years before the publication of Crazy Brave did Louis Ballard die?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?

2. How many brothers does Harjo have?

3. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?

4. What marker does Harjo use to set the poetry and partly-fictional story in the memoir off from the rest of the text?

5. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?

(see the answer key)

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